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March 02, 2015

Something slightly different for the doll lover. I love dolls and love reading scary stories. The bonus is that this also includes doll photos!

The Doll Collection, (releasing March 10) edited by World Fantasy and Hugo Award winner Ellen Datlow, features all kinds of dolls... the ones that you likely won't want to meet...

Featuring everything from life-sized clockwork dolls to all-too-human Betsy Wetsy-type baby dolls, these stories play into true creepiness of the doll trope, but avoid the clichés that often show up in stories of this type.

The collection is illustrated with photos of dolls taken by Datlow and other devoted doll collectors from the science fiction and fantasy field.

February 14, 2015

I love miniature Valentines. Nothing is more fun than having a set of beautiful vintage cards on a table or in a bowl, or string them and hang them on a wall in your dollhouse or miniature setting.For some reason, I thought I had saved my Valentines I had collected before, unless they were lost in a past computer crash. I collected and shrunk down some others. You can find a ton of examples by putting "vintage valentines" in Google.

The
heart papers and valentines can be used as backgrounds for the Valentine’s style room screen pattern and how to from my
book, In
Miniature Style II. Combine and reduce different paper patterns for the background to get different effects or to match your decor. They don't have to be all red!

February 06, 2015

I hope you enjoyed a little tour of some of my miniatures. Believe me there is more, lots, lots more. ha! I'd be taking photos nearly forever. See Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4I will share pix soon of the Half Scale Country House updates. It's turning out really nice! CORRECTION: (oops how did I do that? I see I shared the witch's garden shop photo twice! Here's what I wanted to share:) Ladies' shop table made by my friend Gigi I got as a Christmas gift.

Below: Chair in new fabric and totebags from patterns in my book, In Miniature Style II.The totebag pattern was widened for use as a dog carrier, too, as seen on the lady doll below. (Clothes pattern from Dana Burton - Minidolllist.com.)

February 04, 2015

Today I'm showing some pieces in my collection that I got from others. See Day 1 - Day 2 - (Day 3) - Day 4Aren't these neat? Handmade half scale shoes I got in the annual swap from the Half Scale Yahoo Group. (The size is 1/2 inch = 1 foot.)

Snowman and Christmas teapots from my collection by my friend, Kitty. You can see my teapot shoppe at my website, click miniatures.

February 03, 2015

More assorted minis I've made. Love to see yours! See Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4Barbeque food - patterned after a cookbook cover. Of polymer clay.(See the cookbook cover I copied and a half scale version of the same food here.)

Half scale plant rack from a kit by Debbie Cook.

Spooky garden shop. My friend Gigi gave me the bench, which is perfect in front of the shop. Love the faces on it!

February 02, 2015

There's a five-day Art Challenge going on at Facebook - share 3 photos of your art for 5 days and challenge someone.Figured I'd share the photos here also of some of my past work. I challenge any of my readers to share their work as well. Be sure to link this post and I will link yours.Some items I may have shown photos of before, but a while ago. * See Day 2Totebag and dress

Victorian room - the curtains are hand-beaded; the ceiling is also beaded and had rhinestones. The photos are all family photos shrunk down.

Love this series - and this one is special since I also did a blurb for it! Really cool cover, too!

About the Book:

Perhaps Manhattan, like Christmas, is best seen through the eyes of a child. Gerry Porter provides both magical experiences for granddaughter Maddie when a SuperKrafts manager takes them to New York City for a huge crafts fair. They get to work on both making miniatures and solving crimes, the detecting duo’s favorite pastimes. All this, plus Rockefeller Center and Radio City, too! But a crafty murderer wants to make sure they don’t make it safely home again to California….

January 19, 2015

Spring is coming. Really. A perfect time to get started on something bright, cheery and fun. How about that incredible yellow sundress (by Kathi Mendenhall - La Petite Belle Patterns) from In Miniature Style II? Also read about various miniaturists and see some of their collections! (Print and ebook - click book title link for formats to buy.)

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